About Me

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

JOHN DEWEY

My Journey (short version)

My trainings and practices are:

• Training in Gestalt therapy - Institut Gestalt de Barcelona.
• Training in Systemic Coaching - Espai Obert Empordà.
• Training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) - Institut Gestalt.
• Introduction to the Enneagram - SAT Program.
• Therapeutic storytelling workshop with Jordi Amenós.
• Trauma workshop with Peter Burquin.
• Trauma workshop with Mireia Darder.
• Workshop on the inner child with Judith Roig.
• Workshop on the inner warrior with Rosa Creixell and Marian Quintillá.
• Workshops and conferences on Buddhism and meditation.
• Practice in mindfulness-based stress reduction - Palouse (USA - Online).

Additionally, I keep reading about trauma, Internal Family Systems, philosophy, tarot, and spirituality.

All this enriches me in a way that cannot be put into writing, but leaves a mark on me that defines and characterizes my style of accompaniment.

If you want to know how I came to therapy as a client and how this has changed me, keep reading.

If you have enough and want to discover if and how I can accompany you, you can contact me through the information on my contact page.

We will die and there will be things we haven't realized.

MARCELO ANTONI (at 70 years old)

My Journey (long version)

I came to therapy to review what had happened with a relationship that had just ended painfully.

That's how I discovered that I didn't know myself as well as I thought.

And even though I had been reading and listening a lot about psychology and personal growth since I was young, I lacked the practice, I lacked allowing myself to feel, putting aside what I thought, to discover what was behind those thoughts.

Little by little, with therapy and trainings, I learned to listen to myself. And I feel I still have to learn to do it more consistently and more deeply.

That's why I have trained and continue training. To know myself better. And to be able to accompany in a profound way.

Because when I discovered myself, I saw that I had a vocation to help.

I had always been of service, one way or another, only I didn't have the tools to do it consciously, I didn't know my limits.

And the more I learn, the more I feel respect and gratitude for the processes of others whom I accompany.

I feel honored when someone chooses me to show their vulnerability and open up so I can witness their truth.

Ah, the truth.

I have been searching for it everywhere. Always outside.

But it's inside where I have seen that it resides. And sometimes it's hidden under layers of beliefs, thoughts, learnings that cover it like a fog. That is, I sense that it's there even if I can't see it as clearly as I'd like.

Speaking of truth. I'll share one of mine.

I don't just accompany processes of change and personal growth. I have many interests.

From music (I play several instruments, not all well), theater (I trained as an actor and later as an improviser—and occasionally give improvisation workshops in Figueres), to poetry (I published a book in Italy when I was young—I keep writing, I love it).

But I also have a past as a web developer and product manager.

It may seem that this doesn't fit a therapist's profile.

I think it does.

Because this variety has allowed me to live very different experiences and I've been able to learn to speak many "languages," in the sense of being able to deeply understand the contexts of various people.

And the more I experiment in directions and contexts that aren't strictly "therapeutic," the more I open myself to the possibilities offered by the adventure of being human.

Well, I'm a rather reserved person and actually don't like sharing much on the web.

I feel that what I've shared so far is enough for me.

I hope you've gotten an idea of who I am and that this can help you decide if it's the right time for you to start an individual therapy process with me.

If you want, you can contact me here.

See you soon.